After Life: Ways We Think About Death

This engaging resource deals with the science of death, cross-cultural beliefs and practices about death from ancient to modern times, and healing after a loss. Concepts are presented and explained in a clear and logical sequence and the tone is factual and compassionate. Interesting and relevant images will engage students and extend the main text. Suitable for research projects, to support novels or stories that include a character coping with death or loss, to help students examine their own understandings about death and grief, and to support a unit on emotional wellness and a comparative civilizations unit on death and life passages.